TREND REPORTS
(Video) Boeing Built a Giant Drone That Can Carry 500 Pounds of Cargo
[Tech]
2018/01/14 10:07
A new Boeing unmanned aerial vehicle prototype could shape 21st century autonomous air travel and transport.Boeing today unveiled a giant drone that’s capable of lifting a 500 pound payload. Calling it an “unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype,” the aerospace giant said it could serve as a precursor for future autonomous flying aircraft.The...
(Patent) IBM Led on Patents in 2017, Facebook Broke Into top 50 for The First Time
[Tech]
2018/01/14 10:06
Patents may sometimes get a bad rap for how they are abused (and misused) by some companies for commercial gain, but they also remain a marker of how a tech company is progressing with its R&D and pushing ahead on innovation.For one measure of that advance, today, IFI Claims, the patent analytics firm, published its 2017 list of companies with the most U.S. patents assigned for the year.At...
The Technology Behind Bitcoin is Only Halfway Through Its Evolution
[Investing]
2018/01/14 10:05
In a wide-ranging report on blockchain and cryptocurrencies, Credit Suisse said blockchain would reach full maturity in 2025. Market watchers can expect 2018 to be a year in which "certain products go viral" and "new providers/models emerge." The hype around bitcoin, and its underpinning blockchain technology, is real. But we are still a ways off from blockchain reaching full maturity. Blockcha...
Compostable Seaweed Straws Can be Eaten After Use - LOLIWARE
[Product]
2018/01/14 10:03
LOLISTRAW is the world’s first edible, hypercompostable straw aimed at replacing the 500M plastic straws used every day in the US.The conversation surrounding the alarming amount of ocean plastic continues to pick up pace, and while we’ve seen efforts to remove and re-purpose that debris, there is more to be done to replace plastic all together. New York-based startup LOLIWARE is looking to s...
The Most Valuable Sports Brands in the World
[Investing]
2018/01/14 10:02
It’s a new year, and that means more people are hitting the gym in the hopes of making a sustainable lifestyle change. With everyone making New Year’s resolutions to get healthy, it made us think about the broader sport brands and athletic apparel markets. Who are the biggest players, and what’s the market look like? We put together a new viz to find out.We got our data from Forbes, which pu...
Annual Trend Report - 2018 Edition !
[Trendbird]
2018/01/11 10:35
TRENDBIRD - Annual Trend Report 2018 Edition Released !- 글로벌 미래 트렌드 리서치 기관 트렌드버드, ‘Annual Trend Report 2018’ 보고서 발간 - 인공지능, 블록체인/암호화폐, 증강현실, 생활모방형로봇, 자율주행차등 핵심기술을 활용한 미래 비즈니스 기회 총망라- 6개 기능별 보고서와 6개 산업별 보고서의 총 12권...글로벌 최신 트렌드를 망라- 500여개의 글로벌 리딩 기업 CEO/경영진, 미래전략, 기술연구소, 마...
(PDF) 2018 KPMG Global Automotive Executive Survey
[Business]
2018/01/11 10:35
Auto Executives, Consumers Skeptical Of The Viability Of Pure Battery Electric Vehicles: KPMG Survey. OEMs investing heavily in electric mobility, with Tesla and BMW seen as the leaders.Despite the hype and massive automotive OEM investment in battery electric vehicles (BEVs), more than half (54%) of global auto executives say they believe these vehicles will fail commercially due to infrastruc...
Israeli Startup Noveto Promises a World without Headphones
[Tech]
2018/01/11 10:35
Tired of tangled wires and distractions from other people’s devices? A new technology promises to beam sounds directly to each user’s ears.[Testing Noveto’s system broadcasting a signal to the ears. Photo: courtesy]When Apple introduced the iPhone 7, it removed the headphone jack. Apple spun it as a win for consumers who could now use wireless headphones (preferably Apple-branded AirPods) fo...
Bitcoin Funds Made 3,000% Profit in 2017 : HFR
[Investing]
2018/01/11 10:35
The HFR Cryptocurrency Index rose 88 percent in December and 3,175 percent for all of 2017. A similar blockchain index posted respective returns of 88 percent and 2,690 percent.That performance was part of a larger trend that saw hedge funds up every month of the year for a total return of 8.5 percent, its best since 2013.A girl poses for a photograph on a stone sphere monument that unidentifie...
